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Peninnah

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)· Public Domain

(coral or pearl), one of the two wives of Elkanah. (1 Samuel 1:2) (B.C. 1125.)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Peninnah

Peninnah pe-nin'-a (peninnah, "coral," "pearl"): Second wife of Elkanah, father of Samuel (1Sa 1:2,4). ⇒See a list of verses on PENINNAH in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Peninnah

The second wife of Elkanah, the father of Samuel. Despite the fact that Peninnah had borne him children, while Hannah, her rival or fellow-wife, was childless, the latter was the more favoured by Elkanah ; and this was doubtless the cause of the ill-will displayed by Peninnah towards her (1S 155). τ F. STENNING. PENKNIFE (1207 ἫΒ ‘the knife of the scribe’; LXX τὸ ξυρὸν τοῦ γραμματέως [Symm. substitutes σμίλη for Eupév]).—Mentioned only in Jer 3055, where king Jehoiakim cut up Baruch’s roll of Jeremiah’s prophecies. Orientals use a reed pen in writing (calamus, Arab. kdldm), and always carry a knife for the al of mending it. Penknives are made in Damascus and in many of the villages of Lebanon ; they are without pari, ὦ backs, and are like miniature razors. y. CARSLAW.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Peninnah

One of Elkanah's two wives; bore children when Hannah was childless (1Sa 1:2; 1Sa 1:6-7). (See HANNAH) As Hannah's "adversary," Peninnah "provoked her with provocation for to make her fret." As Elkanah from year to year gave Hannah a double portion at the sacrificial meal, "so did Peninnah provoke her so that she wept and did not eat." Elkanah's love to Hannah drew out Peninnah's renewed provocations.

References

  1. Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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